Form deeper connections while improving the human condition

James Edward Oglethorpe: our namesake, founder of the colony of Georgia, great humanitarian, a man of both words and action. He founded Georgia to provide refuge to the suffering and oppressed. He was a great friend to the native inhabitants of this land. He opposed the institution of slavery—in the face of a culture that relied upon it—at great personal cost. General Oglethorpe made a difference.

Like the man for whom we were named, Oglethorpe University has been grounded in public service since 1835. Never has that been truer than at today’s Oglethorpe, where our commitment to improving the human experience extends beyond our gates into the city of Atlanta.